The New Year. Part II: Inspired

Dev's exquisite work! The towels are woven too...I don't think I could ever use them. I would just look at them all day!

On Sunday, I was invited to a meeting of the Golden Fleece Spinners and Weavers Guild in Schoharie. I don’t spin or weave (yet, anyway), but the group does just about everything you can imagine having to do with fiber. Some of the women have their own herds of various breeds of sheep. One has a herd of angora goats, and another alpacas. So, in my own (llama) way, I fit in.

Throughout the meeting, members were spinning and knitting and I loved watching them.

And…I was incredibly INSPIRED! Show and tell time (yes, like kindergarten) had me in awe. The skill of these Guild members is just amazing. I so look forward to learning more so that I might use my llama fiber to its fullest potential (or at least more than I do now).

Dev Tacy had invited me to the meeting. She shared some blankets and towels she had woven (using words foreign to me like weft and warp); they were breathtaking. The blankets were soft and smooth and the colors delicate and perfectly chosen.

The headband she knit for her granddaughter was knit on the inside with wool from her angora rabbit. It was softer than anything I’ve ever felt. The closest I could get to something like this would be to set my ancient angora rabbit, Quinn-the-bunny, on my head.